I suddenly got interested in machine learning so i began looking for where to start. After some research i found a book about statistical learning which has to be a good place to begin. I'm about to take my second year in civil engineering and i don't know any matrix algebra. I found out that matrix algebra is a part of linear algebra. I searched for some videos and books on linear algebra and found quite a few of them. I don't know what source to pick so I would appreciate if someone would point me to a good source to learn linear algebra which would help me with mentioned book about statistical learning.
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If you haven't had any previous exposure to linear algebra, Coding the matrix is a nice introductory textbook. This book has the advantage that you also learn a lot of applications of linear algebra to computer science.
Strang's classic book has more math, but it is still very accessible, and has video lectures through MIT OCW.
See Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler. There is also a website.
There are many other references. This one is good but difficult. It makes sense if you already have some maths experience to give it a go, and then the beauty of the subject is clear from the beginning.